What do you eat with your knife?

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Claus

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Hi folks!

Sitting here and cutting a mighty italian sandwich into mouthy pieces with my stockman, I wondered if you use your pocket knife - CRKT - Buck - Randall - Sebenza - Bowie - Highland sword - whatever - for eating.

I confess, this is the most regular use of my knives (never skinned a deer, don´t cut my way trough bush). My wife is used to see that I use my folder for breakfast or supper.

Here in Germany the pocket knifes belong to the "Brotzeit", the second breakfast of hard working craftsmen, farmers, city slickers(like me). Such a Brotzeit we stuff with bread, home made sausage, ham, cucumbers, and of course beer. We serve it on wooden boards, not pocelain plates.

And if I can have such a "Brotzeit" in summertime in a "Biergarten" (i.e. open air beer parlor), have good friends around me and the right knife in my hand, than it´s almost heaven.

Guten Appetit!

Claus

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A man without a knife you can´t really call a man.

My Grandfather
 
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Claus:
And if I can have such a "Brotzeit" in summertime in a "Biergarten" (i.e. open air beer parlor), have good friends around me and the right knife in my hand, than it´s almost heaven. </font>
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Ahhhh...knife poetry!
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can't wait 'til summer!!


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Claus,

I've been to Germany several times before and no one has ever told me about this! I'll be going again for a few weeks to work in July. What is the best Brotzeit knife?
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Dean
 
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Two breakfasts?
One where you need your pocket knife?
I guess America doesn't have everything after all.

Brotzeit...
(off to make a suggestion to my wife!)


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Tráceme no sin la razón, envoltura mi no sin honor
 
Claus,
I have a Swiss Army Knife, Spartan model, which cuts a green apple everyday at work.

Gary
 
At the office Christmas party I got a good laugh from some, and a strange look from others. There was a LOT of table swapping going on, and I ended up at a table where all the silverware was used. I wanted some bread and butter, so I grabed a slice of bread, took out my WH Lancet, picked up a pat of butter, spread it, ate the bread, wiped off the knife, and put in back in my pocket.
 
In the real heyday of knives - that's before they had forks if someone wants to know - real men would wack a piece of meat off something roasting on a spit, spear it with the knife, and eat it like an ice cream on a stick! Even today, though my daily eating with knife chores consists of apple slicing, opening bags, and the occasional French bread, I eat with a knife like they did in the good old days if I'm off in the bush. If I feel like making a statement, I might try it at a neighbor's barbeque too!

Brotzeit sounds great though! Wish I could join you for one.

[This message has been edited by matthew rapaport (edited 01-15-2001).]
 
hey i use my knife for eating.
i usually carry a Benchmade 710BT or Microtech LCC to diner here on my college campus.
i bring them and eat with them because the knives they have are no match for the rock hard pork chops.
i think the pork chops are some kind of carbon/carbide matrix suspended in protein.
i should try sending one through a planer, then using it as a benchstone for my knives...
i used to get a lot of odd looks, but now it's just normal.


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~Fumbler
the crazied knife weilding Sarah McLachlan fan =)
 
Knife Fumbler,
Sounds like a plan but don't use your own planer!

Actually, upon thinking about it, during my Living History Re-enactment I do a lot of eating with a knife.

While forks existed in that period, (1632 AD) they were not commonly found among the lower classes.
Knives and wooden spoons were the order of the day for all but well heeled royalty.
Since wooden spoons are NOT very effective eating utensils, we do a lot of eating with a knife.
I have a hand forged dagger made by a smith that goes by the name "Shadowhawk" on the Living History circuit.
It's got a 7 inch rapier style blade and a plain leather wrapped handle.
Since it is SHARP, it gets used for eating a lot of things.
Sausage, chicken, pork, whatever can be stabbed and gnawed.
I have on a couple occasions used a rapier to hold a sausage over the fire long enough to get warm and then ate it off the blade like a corndog from hell.
*Be careful if you try this, you can ruin a temper very easily!*
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Tráceme no sin la razón, envoltura mi no sin honor
 
knife fumbler,
I am glad you posted about using your LCC. I used to use my mini-fang to eat all the time. But now that I got my LCC I was reluctant. But I guess if it works for you.....What finish is yours? Stonewash?

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Brian
"one life, one knife"
 
When I'm on the road (camping, traveling, whatever), I use my pocketknife for food prep all the time. When we're in another country, my wife and I make a point of trying to eat locally. Getting veggies, cheese, bread, etc. at the local market will be a lot more interesting (and tastier) than lumbering up to the trough at the local MacDonald's. Of course, I realize that cleanliness is vital so, before cutting up our food, I wipe the blade on my jeans. ;-)

[This message has been edited by mnblade (edited 01-16-2001).]
 
RDaneel,

most Germans use for Brotzeit their little kitchen knife with a blade around 7 cm (2.5 inch). You find them even in supermarkets. Sometimes you find there ones of the "Windmühle Robert Herder" brand (i.e. windmill). They have excellent carbon steel blades and are sharp like hellfire. But the leave a taste of steel on apple slices. (I know, a real knifenut should love this, but I don´t.) In northern Germany they call this "Kneifchen" and older ladies in the country carry it in their handbag. If you look close the word, you will find the same root like of your "knife".

Bavarians use for Brotzeit the "Nicker". This knife belongs to the male bavarian national costume. It is carried in a special pocket on the leather trouser. The pocket is not deep, so it exhibits the knife handle. On this link you see two of these Nicker:

http://www.j-hasselbach.de/SundK/F_2sp_SuK.html

(Sorry, I tried to post the picture, but couldn´t manage it.)

Often belong to the Nicker a fork and a sharping steel with similar stag handles. This looks like a small carving set, but is called "Fuhrmannsbesteck" (i.e. set of cutlery for horse-wagon drivers). You can spend real money on them, but even find priceworth ones. You have to look around the local cutlery dealers.

BTW the Nicker is the traditional hunting knife. It´s shape and name root on the technique to give a roebuck the coup de grace by stabbing in his neck. In this context the Nicker in the Bavarians trouser is the little proud confession of poacher tradition.

When you are in Germany, just send me an eMail. Maybe we can meet each other.

Claus

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A man without a knife you can´t realy call a man.

My Grandfather
 
RDaneel,

just disvoverd the link mentioned above leads to the home page. To see the Nicker, use the 6th. link on the right "Flachangel-Nicker"

Claus
 
I've used my Wegner here in the office to cut apples, pears, etc- but I've stopped recently- too many raised eyebrows. I've used a Delica to cut meat when the restaurant cutlery didn't work & I've even given a Woo to a bunch of guys to gut pizza with. Also- I've carried my "Jagdnicker" to a restaurant (wild game- Wildgerichten) or two in Germany.
Gesegnete Mahlzeit!
Mike

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Good post!! I use my Case Trapper at the deer lease for all meals. My Spyderco Police model has sliced up many hot links, deer sausage, and slabs off of the hog after a good days smoking. These two knives are usually with me, but I'm leaning toward carrying my Wegner and leaving the other two at home. Decisions, decisions!
 
my crkt bear claw gets used a lot on apples and ocasionaly i use the dull side (the reverse curve) to spread butter or cream cheesse on bagle i have cut open with it.
 
David Boye Cobalt Prophet folder, just the other day was using it to cut up the broccoli and chicken in my Chinese carry out meal, very handy and of course cuts well!

G2

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Claus,

Thanks for the information! It is always so nice to learn about different knife customs.
Those Nicker Knives look neat, and only about 80 - 85 DM!

Dean

P.S. We'll see about getting together when I go to Germany. Thanks for the offer!

[This message has been edited by RDaneel (edited 01-16-2001).]
 
I am from Germany, too, and carried this "Brotzeit" habit (hmm... how to translate it - kind of brunch after breakfast) with me all the time, even when working in the Canyonlands of southeastern Utah (I'm a Geologist). The knife I most frequently use is a Cold Steel SRK (slicing apples, cutting beef jerky - ok, there is no reason for doing the latter
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I really regret it, that there is no use for my favourite HI Khukuris when it comes to manage this task
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Welcome Claus!

I didn't know there was a name for it but, I also enjoy the 'Brotzeit'. Cheese, sausage, smoked turkey or ham...and if I am lucky, venison jerky - all cut with whatever small knife I decided to carry that day.

Guten Appetit to you!

Steve-o
 
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